Luminous pendant



'July 3, 1923. 1,460,694

- W.- F, ARZINQER LUMINOUS PENDANT A Filed Aug. 5, 1921 l vantoz Patented July 3, 1923.

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Application filed August 5,1921. Serial No. 489,596, i l

To all/whom t may conce/m: n l;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F; ARZINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson. State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Luminous Pendants, of which the following is a speci-l ieation.

My invention relates to luminous pendants such as are particularly adapted to be attached to the pullcords ofelectric switches in order that their location may be readily determined in the dark. t

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character in which I am enabled to obtain a maximum intensity of luminosity with a minimum amount of luminous material.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a luminous pendant a simple and efficient means by which the same may be readily attached to a pull chain.

A further object of the invention is to provide a luminous pendant the elements of which are simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and easy to assemble. y

Other objects of the invention will be* come apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device embodying my invention.

ing sheet.

Figure 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the device.

Figure 3 is a face view of a blank from which the locking device is formed.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one end y of the pendant. 40'

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a carry- In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred form of my invention, the numeral 10 indicates a central tubular element having at one end thereof a head or base 11,- provided with ay peripheral flange' 12. lAround the central tubular element 10 is disposed a globe or shell 13, which may be'formed of any suitable translucent material such for example as celluloid but preferably constructed of glass. The globe or shell 13 it will be noted is bilged intermidiate its ends in order that the luminous material hereinafter referred to may be maintained well out of contact with the globe so as to prevent'any sticking or adhering of oneto the-other as might be caused by the presence of more'or less moisture within the globe. I 1

The luminousmaterialabove referred to is inthe vform cfa coating 141, deposited upon` the surface of au carrying vSheet 1,5,

y Maa which lis preferably formed ofl a suitable f paper. In constructing the carryingjsheets 15 l prefer to employ relativelylarge sheets of material which when coatedl vwith the luminousgmaterial, are cut into proper y.

lengths and widths. Each of the'stripsthus cutfrom av relatively large 4sheet oyffmate-` rial is then rolled into a cylinder-as shown clearly `in Figure 5, into which is inserted the tubular member 10. `The neXt step in assembling the device resides in placing in position the globe' or. shell 13, the globe l-ori shell being so-positioned as to contact with the head 11 ofthe tubular member 10 and surround the carrying. sheet 15 as clearly shown in Figure 2. f

TheV various elements thus far described are heldin their respective positions 'by means of a cap-plate 16 which is formed from a blank 17 comprising a central portion 18 having an opening 19 formed therein and provided diametrically with arms 20, the ends of which are spread as shown at 21 and provided with notches 22. ln order to form the cap-plate the arms 20 are bent to bringl the'ends of the same into yproximity with each other andv` to bring the notches into registration with each other to 'form an opening 23. from the blank 17 is locked inposition by upsetting oranging the end of the tubular member 10 over which the cap-plate is placed, to form a bead 24. Thedevice embodying my invention is adapted to be conv nected to the ordinary pull chain 25 comprising a plurality ofballs 26 strung upon a wire27 or otherwise suitably connected together, and in order to effect this connection the ychain 25 is passed through the tubular The cap-plate 16 thus formed element 10 whereupon the arms 2O .ofthevr y inFigure 2, therebyl locking the device as w v 11o a whole to the chain v25.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A pendant adapted forvconneetion vvith a pull chain comprising a tubular member adapted to receive the pull chain, a tubular shell surrounding' said tubular member, a

'carrying sheet having,` luminous material thereon, the carrying sheet being` interposed between saidtubular member and shell, and

yieldable means for engaging one end of for securing the pendant to A pendant adapted to be connected to a pull oord comprising a cent-ral tubular' member adapted to receive the pull cord, a head carried by said tubular member, `a shell surrouiridingsaid tubular member and ifieoefi having engagement withL said head, luminous material carried Within ysaid shell, a cap-plate carried `by said tubular member and having engagement with said shell, a

pail' of arms carried by said cap-plate, the arms being bent upon themselves to` form locking elements adapted to'engage the'pull cord whereby the pendant is locked upon the same` v ,i

et. pendant comprisingv a shell, aeentral member arranged Within said shell, *said4 member being in the form of a tube V'having a head seated upon one end of said shell and forming a closure therefor, a cap plate carried by saidrentral member andarranged upon the opposite end `of said shell,

.said `central lmember ,being clenched over y said capA plate to? retain the samein position upon said shell, and luminous material disposed intermediate said shell and central member. y g

In testimony whereof, I have aHiXecl vmy signature to this specification.

WrLLiAii fr. ARZINGER. 

